Letters to our Leader

with contributions from M.B.G. Eddy, Helen S. B. Ross, Helen L. Younger, E. C. Wood, W. T. Kilgrove, Mabel L. Sinclair

[When this letter was received at the office of the Sentinel, it bore the following endorsement in the handwriting of our Leader: "Received from the darling children of the Sunday School $20.00.—M. B. G. Eddy."]

Rutland, Vt., July 5, 1904.

Beloved Leader:—My heart yearns for words with which to express its love and gratitude to you as I send this gift from our little Sunday School of six children. The sum is small, but the largest gift to you has not carried with it more genuine and loyal love and gratitude. It is the desire of these little ones that you expend the enclosed sum upon some article to be used in the room set apart for you in the new church in Concord, and may it ever remind you that the seed of your noble effort has taken root in Rutland. I am sure that it will gladden your faithful heart to know that since I wrote you last year, the work of Truth has steadily advanced here, much good fruit being in evidence to prove the healing power of Truth. And now, to you, dear Leader and friend,—the one who has made all this possible for us,—to you there go loving greetings to-day, from the little church in Rutland, Vt.

Obediently yours,
Helen S. B. Ross.

Richmond, Va., June 29, 1904.
Rev. Mary B. G. Eddy.

Beloved:—Among the many blessings which have come to me through the Christ-truth, the destruction of my great fear of death is certainly not the least. A week or so after my precious mother passed away, I dreamed one night of standing by her dead body and weeping uncontrollably, just as I had done after she passed away. While I was standing there, wretched beyond description, I suddenly felt the pressure of an arm around my waist. Looking up, I beheld my dear mother; she was smiling at me and looked radiantly happy, young, and beautiful. I gazed at her, lost in wonder, then looked at the form I had thought was my mother, my real mother meanwhile leading me away gently from the inanimate form. As I was being led away, I looked back repeatedly at the dead body, then would look up into the beautiful face of my mother and find her smiling at me. Finally she led me where I could no longer see the dead figure, and then I awoke. I was comforted somewhat by my dream, and thought of it constantly, but never until I came into Christian Science did I understand its meaning. Now I know full well that it is just as you teach,—there is no death.

I thank God that the dreadful fear of death which I had has passed away, and in its stead I now think of Life eternal.

God bless you for what you are doing for all mankind.

Enclosed please find check for one hundred dollars for your dear church in Concord.

Reverently and lovingly yours,
Helen L. Younger.

Chicago, Ill., June 22, 1904.
Mrs. Mary B. G. Eddy, Concord, N. H.

Dear Mrs. Eddy:—I want you to know that many were ready and waiting for the By-law, "Church Organizations Ample." Less than a week prior to the time that it was published, a number of men, members of the Christian Science Church here, were speaking together of a well-known order of which they had all been members. Each one of those men said in substance that he had found in Christian Science all that he required, and that he no longer attended the meetings of the order referred to, nor those of any other order or society. They expressed themselves as having found in Christian Science that which they had all their lives been looking and searching for,—the truth; that they were perfectly satisfied, and had no time or inclination for any other societies.

We welcome these by-laws and know that they lead to a better understanding of the truth that makes us free indeed.

Very truly,
E. C. Wood.

San Francisco, Cal., June 23, 1904.
Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, Concord, N. H.

My Dear Leader:—In line with your request for thorough and quick healing (Art. XXXII., Sect. 7, Church Manual), I am happy to be able to say, that in the past month I have had twenty-two case of healing in from one to six treatments; six of them instantaneous. One case of spinal meningitis was healed in two days. (It was so diagnosed by the physician who had been in attendance.) I beg of you to feel that I write this not for my praise, but for your gladness and your praise, for without the knowledge that I have learned through you, I had still been in the gall of bitterness. I can feel nothing but thanksgiving to God that He has so endowed you that you are able to break this bread and give it to us, that we may give it again to others. Jesus said, "Rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven."

Gratefully yours,
W. T. Kilgrove.

Chicago, June 5, 1904.

Beloved Leader:—As the import of the new By-law, "Church Organizations Ample," unfolds, I am impelled to write and thank you for all the good which has come to me through you.

I am endeavoring to deserve the name of a Christian Scientist, and I know that not by the ways and methods of the world can we reach "the land of Christian Science, where fetters fall, and the rights of man are fully known and acknowledged" (Science and Health, p. 226). It is my daily prayer not to depart one iota from the path marked out for us by you, whose purity of purpose and steadfast allegiance to God, divine Principle, make you a wise guide and Leader. Lovingly and obediently,

Mabel L. Sinclair.

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